This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. When I called Wayne DeFeo and told him I was considering ...

In contrast, plastics and recycling industry leaders have said ... Instead, the numbers are resin identification codes used to denote what type of plastic the item is. In 2023, the EPA called ...

Remember to always look for the recycling symbol and resin identification code on your used plastic, and when in doubt, consult your local recycling guidelines for more information using the ...

The "chasing arrows" logo is universally recognized as a sign to recycle, but the Environmental Protection Agency is now saying it's also universally confusing. It's recommending tossing the ...

Recycling is something ... no bearing on whether the item can or will be recycled. There are also the plastic resin codes ...

Often, that means checking the recycling code stamped on the plastic next to the recycling icon. These are the toughest plastics to recycle and most likely to be excluded in your local recycling ...

The recycling codes for plastics fall into seven categories. As a general rule of thumb, the higher the number, the more difficult it’ll be for the material to be recycled.

Plastics labeled with resin codes between 1 and 7 used to all be eligible for recycling. Now, there's no market for some types of plastic, and nearly a quarter of what gets sent to sorting ...

Scientists at UC Berkeley say they’ve cracked the code to reduce the amount of plastics that pollute the earth. The researchers have come up with a chemical recycling process that pulls apart ...

A GFL employee manually separates plastic bags from piles of recycling materials at the GFL Materials Recovery Facility on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Harrisonville, Mo. GFL does not accept ...

In traditional recycling, plastic is turned into tiny pellets or ... “If anyone has cracked the code for a large-scale, efficient and profitable way to turn plastic into plastic,” he said ...

Plastic recycling facilities are notorious for catching ... there “remained open fire code violations” at the Wright site, those described in the office’s April 30 inspection.